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Re: Do you have a conceal and carry license?

Originally Posted by Goobieman

The term used is "arms". That term has been interpreted by the court to have a general definition; whatever upper limit that definition may have, it certainly includes any class of firearms you may care to name.

BUt it does have a limit. And as such is not an absolute, the only difference is where that limit is.

Re: Do you have a conceal and carry license?

It is as absolute as 'free speech', in that some some weapons do not fal under 'arms' in very much the same way that some forms of speech do not fall under 'free speech'.

The limit here is one that is inherent to the right itself.

According to you, not the conservative supreme court:

"Like most rights, the Second Amendment right is not unlimited. It is not a right to keep and carry any weapons whatsoever in any manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose," Justice Antonin Scalia wrote for the majority. But it did allow for individuals to have guns for lawful purposes, such as hunting and defending themselves, he said. The majority clearly saw the individual right to own a gun"

Re: Do you have a conceal and carry license?

Originally Posted by Dirty Harry

So anyone can carry any weapon, anyplace?
I think the problem is that it is not crystal clear.

Yes, anyone can carry any weapon, and yes anyplace. Private property can deny it, but it must be clearly posted. Government buildings can prohibit it as well, posted outside the building clear and unmistakable.

You know the time is right to take control, we gotta take offense against the status quo

Originally Posted by A. de Tocqueville

"I should have loved freedom, I believe, at all times, but in the time in which we live I am ready to worship it."

Re: Do you have a conceal and carry license?

Originally Posted by Ikari

Yes, anyone can carry any weapon, and yes anyplace. Private property can deny it, but it must be clearly posted. Government buildings can prohibit it as well, posted outside the building clear and unmistakable.

So an wife beating redneck can carry a M60 machine gun onto the kid's playground if it doesn't have a sign posted.